Grain-car.



No. 793.930. PATENTED JULY 4, 1905. a. J. HENNESSBY P. N. Momma.

GRAIN UAR.

APPLMATIGN mmm AUG. 1o, 1904.

@1 Mmm/Mw blo. 793,930a

irritieatented July d, 1905.

'rnn'r @tripa SPCIFCATON 'forming part of Letters Patent No. "793,930, dated July 4, 1905.

Application illeil August l0, 19011. Serial No. 220,171.

.To rt/f 11i/'mnt V/l/ 'lltrtvl/ con/ecrit" .lie it known that we, Jou'N J. i-iuNNnssnr and lijn'rmn N h/Ioonu, citizens et' the United j clare that the 'following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof.

Uur invention has Alor its object to facilitate the iiinloading oi grain-cars, the gate beingr omitted in Figure 3; and it consists of what is hereinafter particularly set 'forth with reifervence te the accompanying drawings and subsequei'ltly claimed.

ltig. 'l et' the drawings represents a side elevation oi a grain-car door provided with a` lower central triangular opening1 controlled by a vertically-sliding gate ot' similar Format pertion ot this gate and an outside stop on the door being partly broken away. Figs. 2 and 3 ot said drawings reljnesent sectional views, respectively, indicated by lines 2 2 and 3 3 inl Fig. 1. y

Ate'lbrring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a vertically-slid ing grain-car door provided with a lower central opening, the term of which approximates that olI an isosceles triangle. llnside stops c c on the door project inward beyond the edges of the triangular opening and outside stops (l d are arranged on said door to also project inward beyond the inclined edges oi said opening', these outside stops and the inside stops c beingl parallel in pairs.

A gate l for the aperture bounded by the inside stops c con the car-door has t'orm ap proximating that olE an isosceles triangle, and there is vertical play ol the gate between the stops c l on said door, its movement being along the upper inside stop which it laps when in vertical position. The space above the gate l5 when the same is in working position is su ['licient to permit of said gate being lifted to clear the outside stops (l on the cardoor, and this clearance being' had the aforesaid gate may be removed, or in case ot' pressure back ot' same it will fall away or swing outward if suitably hung in connection with said door. The gate is herein shown as being outwardly of several sections vertically on a backing crosswise ol same. 'lhe gate B is herein shown connected b vlinks (l with the branches of a 'forked lever Vl), and the lever branches are in hinge connection with the cardoor. The lever and links are vertical when the gate is in place between the stops c (Z on the car-door to close the adjacent aperture, and to prevent inward swing oi thelitted gate ears c are provided on the inside stops c and arranged to lap said gate. The lever l) is shown provided with a slot that is engaged by one or the other of' staplesfg, that are respectively providerfl on said gate and car-door, and a hook or other suitable device connected by a chain vf to said lever to be inserted in one or the other ol the staples as a means lor holding the aforesaid lever in engagement with the same. 1While it is pre1"- erable to employ a 'forked lever having its branches in link connection withv the gate B and in hinge connection with the cardoor, it is practical to employ a straight lever in like connection with said gate and door. It isalso practical to provide any wall or the bottom olE a grain-car with an aperture and gate for the same similar to what has been shown and described as preferably pertaining to a door ol? such a car.

When an ordinary grain-car is loaded, itis diilicult to lilt a door ol same because ol the outward pressure oiE grain thereon; but by providing the doei' or a ear-wall with an aperture and gate .for the same similar to what 'is herein set forth an outlet for said grain may be readily had because ot' the limited area ol said gate exposed to grain-pressere, and sullicient grain having' been removed said door may be easily lifted.

l/Vhen the liltinglever is caught on the staplef, the gate is locked in position to close the adjacent aperture, and said lever being caught on the staple gy said gate is held swung up in open position against the inside stop as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the hook /t or other 'fastening device being inserted in the proper staple to hold the aforesaid lever in its engagement with the same.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, is4

l. Agrain-car havingaportion thereof provided with atriangular aperture, outside stops arranged to project inward from the inclined edges of the aperture, a triangular gate for said aperture normally back of said stops, and a slide-and-swing connection for said gate which permits it Erst to slide clear of said stops and then swing outward.

2. A grain-car having a portion thereof provided with a triangular aperture, outside stops arranged to project inward beyond inclined edges of the aperture, a suitably-arranged lever, and a triangular gate for said aperture in link connection with the lever to have sliding motion from working position to clear said stops.

3. A grain-car having a portion thereof provided with a triangular aperture, inside and outside stops arranged to project inward beyond inclined edges of the aperture, a suitably-arranged lever, anda triangular gate for said aperture in link connection with the lever to have sliding motion from working position to clear the outside stops.

4. A grain-car having a portion thereorl p rovided with a triangular aperture, outside stops arranged to project inward beyond inclined edges of the aperture, an inside stop projecting inward beyond a straight edge ot' said aperture, a suitably-arranged lever, and a triangular gate for the aforesaid aperture in link connection with the vlever to have sliding motion from working position to clear the outside stops and subsequent swing against said inside stop. 1

5. A grain-car door provided with a lower triangular aperture, outside stops arranged to project inward from the inclined edges of thc aperture, a triangular gate for said aperture normally back of said stops, and aslideand-swing connection for said gate which permits it rst to slide clear of said stops and then swing outward.

G. A grain-car door provided with a lower triangular aperture, outside stops arranged to project inward beyond inclined edges of the aperture, a lever in connection with the door, a triangular gate for said aperture, and links connecting the lever and gate, upward movement ot' said gate from working position serving to bring it clear of said stops.

7. A grain-car door provided with a lower triangular aperture, inside and outside stops arranged to project inward beyond inclined edges of the aperture, a lever in connection with the door, a triangular gate for said aperture, and links connecting the lever and gate, sliding upward movement of said gate from working position serving to bring it clear of said outside stops.

8. A grain-car door provided with a lower triangular aperture, outside stops arranged to project inward beyond the inclined edges of the aperture, an inside stop projecting inward beyond a straight upper edge of said aperture, a lever in connection with the door, a triangular gate for the aforesaid aperture, and links connecting the level' and gate, said gate having sliding upward movement from working position to clear said outside stops preliminary to swing against said inside stop.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. HENNESSEY. PETER N. MORE.

Titnessesz MARY J. MCLAUGHLIN, RICHARD J. HENNnssEY. 

